Community Calendar

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present Stacy Kranitz: Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down, the culmination of a landmark multi-year project that challenges long-held stereotypes of Appalachia by Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Stacy Kranitz.

Featuring more than 40 photographs drawn from historical archives, Kranitz’s own images, historical texts, installations, and an accompanying film, the exhibition examines how Appalachia has been represented—and misrepresented—across generations. Together, these works reveal a region shaped by myth, exploitation, resilience, and the uneasy tension between representation and reality.

The exhibition’s title references the gospel song “Ain’t No Grave,” made famous by Johnny Cash, evoking the resilience and resistance that run throughout the project. Recipient of the prestigious Images Vevey Book Award, Kranitz has published a companion monograph, available for purchase in The Contemporary Dayton’s CoSHOP.

Born in Kentucky and based in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee, Kranitz is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among many other awards. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is held in numerous public collections.

Stacy Kranitz: Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down is part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View. Now in its eighth iteration, the Biennial activates over 70 exhibitions at museums, galleries, universities, and public spaces throughout Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky.

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present Ella Kraimer: Appearances, a world-premiere exhibition of large-scale photographs. Kraimer transforms herself into a cast of fictional personas through striking self-portraits, using secondhand garments gathered from thrift stores across the country. Layered with irony, humor, and cultural critique, she explores the blurred boundaries between authenticity and performance, memory and invention, self and society.

Previously viewed only as a digital project, Appearances reflects on life in an age of social media, image culture, and spectacle. Inspired by childhood memories of paper dolls, Kraimer fragments and reconstructs her own likeness through costume, collage, and assemblage. At once playful and provocative, Appearances invites viewers to reconsider not only the images we create, but the stories they tell about who we are.

Kraimer spent her formative years in Berlin, Germany and is now based in New Bremen, Ohio. She earned a BA in Design and Visual Communication from the University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Berlin, and an MA in Visual and Media Anthropology from HMKW University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication, and Management, Berlin.

Ella Kraimer: Appearances is part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View. Now in its eighth iteration, the Biennial activates over 70 exhibitions at museums, galleries, universities, and public spaces throughout Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky.

John Bryan Community Pottery's Fall Fundraiser
at the Yellow Springs Brewery's Barrel Room, 1475 Xenia Ave, Yellow Springs
Friday October 23, from 5pm-9pm.
Support Yellow Springs nonprofit educational pottery studio, providing ceramics access to the community since 1962. This year's fundraiser is contributing to the future of our kilns, the most vital part of the pottery process... and also the must costly to maintain or replace. Our goal is to ensure that we are prepared to provide quality firing for all of our students for many years to come, and You can Help!
At the fundraiser you will find silent auction bundles from a wide range of local businesses, as well as hand made pottery donated for sale in support of the studio. A portion of pint sales contribute to our fundraiser too, so come enjoy some time with friends, shop for gifts and support local arts education.

Echoes From the Past is a guided evening ghost walk through Yellow Springs history and legend. Fridays and Saturdays in October, 7 p.m., Short Street. Tickets at yshaunts.com.

Take part in a self-guided geocache-style passport adventure to explore 12 meaningful locations across Kettering, each connected to an America 250 Ohio monthly theme. Pick-up a passport at select locations to get started!

More information and passport locations are at http://www.ketteringoh.org/america-250-kettering-passport

Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's® is the world's largest fundraiser for Alzheimer's care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.

Since 1989, the Alzheimer’s Association mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk® ; now the Alzheimer's Association is continuing to lead the way with Walk to End Alzheimer's.

City of Victory Deliverance Church in partnership with Miami Valley Meals, hosts a monthly 4th Saturday Community Meal Distribution in Trotwood, OH. This ongoing outreach provides free prepared meals to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity across the Miami Valley.

Come out and join TLT & Glass Farm neighbors with restoration efforts! This is a great chance to meet like-minded people and make a difference in the community. Park at entrance off of King Street. If there are adverse weather conditions this event will be cancelled.

Rosewood Arts Center’s Community Gallery will feature three Rosewood faculty artist’s work this fall in a group exhibit: INSPIRE. The exhibition highlights the work of Heather Ballard, Eli Flannagan and Nicole Reading who teach photography, screen-printing and watercolor respectively.

Heather Ballard will be exhibiting her photographic work which utilizes the cyanotype process. Her work is a fleeting portrait of our natural surroundings and touches on elements of chance and control. Eli Flannagan’s meticulous pen and ink drawings are inspired by surrealism. Inward looking and metaphoric, Flannagan’s drawings illustrate societal pressures and expectations. Nicole Reading’s work represents the natural world through abstraction, distortion, and accuracy. She explores the relationship between collecting and categorizing objects with their display for scientific purposes.

❤️ COMMUNITY MEAL DISTRIBUTION & HEATER GIVEAWAY! ❤️

📣 Come out and join us on Saturday, October 24, 2026!

City of Victory Deliverance Church, in partnership with Miami Valley Meals, is excited to serve our community with our monthly Saturday Meal Distribution!

📍 Location:
City of Victory Deliverance Church
489 S. Broadway St.
Trotwood, OH 45426

🗓️ Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026 10am - 12noon

🍽️ Come out and receive delicious meals for your family! In addition, this month we will be giving away BRAND-NEW SPACE HEATERS to families while supplies last! 🙌🏾❤️

As the colder weather approaches, we are grateful for the opportunity to come together as a community to share a meal, provide warmth, and show love to our neighbors. Our mission is to serve not only the physical needs of our community but also to share the love of Christ with everyone we encounter.

🙏🏾 Come for the meals, receive a heater, and leave knowing that your community cares about you!

We look forward to seeing you and your family. Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with friends, family, and neighbors who may benefit from this outreach.

City of Victory Deliverance Church & Miami Valley Meals — Serving Our Community With Love! ❤️

God bless you, and we hope to see you there! 🙏🏾